IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JULY 8, 1996 Public Information Office CB96-113 301-457-3030 301-457-4067 (TDD) **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** JULY 10 PRESS CONFERENCE WILL RELEASE NEW HISPANIC-OWNED BUSINESS INFORMATION Washington, D.C.-- A press conference will be held on July 10 at the National Press Club to announce new findings on Hispanic-owned businesses. The Department of Commerce's Census Bureau and Minority Business Development Agency will be joined by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the press conference in announcing new findings on Hispanic-owned businesses based on the newly published 1992 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises: Hispanic (MB92-2). The report provides national, state, metropolitan area, county, and city data on Hispanic-owned businesses employment, payroll, and receipts. Information on businesses owned by Hispanic subgroups also is available. The report will document a dramatic jump in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses since the last Census Bureau survey in 1987, especially in California, Florida, and Texas. Jose F. Nino, President of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Elio Muller, Deputy Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, and Eddie Salyers, Chief of the Census Bureau's Company Statistics Branch will discuss the findings. Ruth Runyan, Assistant Chief of the Census Bureaužs Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division will moderate. Details regarding the press conference are as follows: Wednesday, July 10 1:30 p.m. News Conference on 1992 Hispanic-Owned Businesses National Press Club, First Amendment Room 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045
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